International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP) Marine Environmental ...

1. Coordination of the 2002 White Trident deployment.2. MSC deployment of one USIABP Zeno buoy3. Alternate communications studyDiscussion:Christopher O’Connors (CO) asked if the IABP can support the ARGOobjective, and if the IABP should be part of the ARGO programme. Thegeneral conclusion of the Participants was that the overall mission ofARGO was different from that of the IABP, since the ARGO programme isinstrument driven and such instruments are not available for use under thethick pack ice of the Arctic. It was also noted that the ARGO programme isstill a pilot project.On a similar question, VR asked if GODAE could use our oceanographicdata? IR will contact users about posting all buoy data on the GTS.8.3 World Climate Research Programme – V. RyabininThe 2002 session of the WCRP Join Scientific Committee took place inMarch, in Hobart, Australia.The continuing support by the WCRP of the IABP (and IPAB) wasconfirmed at the meeting.The JSC meeting discussed the current state and the general directions ofdevelopment of the WCRP. A most important initiative is the GlobalClimate Experiment: an proposal on massive integration of observingsystems, data assimilation, and modeling, studies of predictability on aregional basis, from monthly to seasonal time scale.Current ACSYS and CliC priorities were seen as follows.1. Conclude ACSYS observational programmes and studies, summarizethe results with the goal to achieve realistic representation of Arcticregion and corresponding processes in global climate models.2. Summarize current knowledge of the Arctic climate, its current stateand prospects for future.3. Formulate and guide the CliC observational and modeling activities fordetermining the role of cryosphere in global climate and its realisticrepresentation in global climate models.4. Ensure that important ACSYS activities, which are crucial for thesuccess of CliC project and the WCRP as a whole, are continuedwithin CliC.13